[DiogenesLamp]

Bad news for us: Yesterday I saw an acquaintance (husband of my wife's college roommate) for the second time in the past 30 years. He's a retired engineer, Purdue graduate. We talked some politics. He doesn't care. Bachman's stupid. The economy's bad because of Bush and his two expensive wars. (He didn't care that Obama escalated in Afghanistan and started a third war in Libya.) It's also bad because of the Republican Congress. (He didn't care that the Dems had absolute control for the first two years of the Obama Administration.) He's voting for Obama. He's not an isolated idiot.

ML/NJ

I have encountered people like this with seemingly some sort of brain damage. I don't mind idiots as long as they are paying taxes, and are therefore entitled to vote for idiocy. It is all the Democrat supporters who don't pay taxes or who WORK for the government (therefore having a conflict of interest) that I cannot stand!

It is unusual that an Engineer would be so obtuse. Let me guess, he's a "civil" engineer, and used to build government funded roads and other such projects. The salient point is "government funded."

Am I wrong?

Government money is a narcotic which we should all work to wean the people from.

[ml/nj]

Let me guess, he's a "civil" engineer, and used to build government funded roads and other such projects.

I don't think so. He did work for GE for a long time, so maybe that's where the damage was done.

ML/NJ